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8 Ways To Make Your Skin Baby Soft In Winter

Winter is all about dry and pale-looking skin. It is the season where you need to pamper your skin with a lot of home remedies and other treatments that will help moisturise the skin. Using natural ingredients on the skin can do you good, as these have no side effects.

Aloe vera is the best natural plant you can massage directly on the skin in winter. It has properties that help heal dry and inflamed skin. Aloe vera is regarded as the best, as it is soothing and very natural, especially for a sensitive skin type.

Likewise, olive oil massaged directly on to the skin will pamper the skin and prevent the skin from cracking in the winter season. On the other hand, it is best to avoid hot showers in winter, as hot water will only remove the little moisture that is present in your body.

Though the weather is chilly and cold, it is best to stick to cool or lukewarm showers. Here are a few more ways to make your skin baby soft in the cold winter season. Read on and begin the pampering right away!

Olive Oil:

Olive Oil:

In a bowl, add three tablespoons of olive oil. Add one tablespoon of coconut oil to this and mix it to one. Pour a little of this oil on the palms of your hands and rub then them together till you feel the palms turning warm. Gently massage this oil mixture on your skin to treat it.

Aloe Vera:

Aloe Vera:

Aloe vera gel is soothing and gentle on sensitive skin. Massage fresh aloe vera gel on the skin twice in a day and then proceed to a lukewarm shower.

Ground Coffee:

Ground Coffee:

Did you know that coffee is the best natural exfoliator for the skin. While taking a shower, exfoliate the entire body with ground coffee and a little water. Massage the skin in an upward direction. This will help remove the dull and dead skin cells.

Steam:

Steam:

Taking a steam bath can help get rid of dry skin in the winter season. Steam baths will pamper the skin and also help it to look radiant and beautiful.

Cool Showers:

Cool Showers:

Make sure that you take only lukewarm showers during the winter season. Hot water showers will remove the natural moisture from the skin, making it feel more dry and itchy.

Fruit Peels:

Fruit Peels:

Grind to powder the peels of orange and lemon. To 3 tablespoons of citrus powder, add 5 tablespoons of cold milk. Mix them together to form a paste. Apply this paste evenly on your skin and allow it to dry. When dry, take a lukewarm water shower to remove the paste from your body.

Walnut Scrub:

Walnut Scrub:

For normal skin, it is suggested that you use a walnut scrub on the body. Grind to powder 250 grams of walnut. Add honey to the powder to make a thick paste. Apply this paste on the skin to make it baby soft. This home remedy can also improve your skin tone or complexion.

Honey + Milk:

Honey + Milk:

These two natural ingredients are simply the best to apply on the skin. Honey and milk can together be added and made into a thick paste like a solution. You can either bathe with this solution in the winter or you can use it like a body massage solution to achieve a baby-soft skin.

Story first published: Friday, January 8, 2016, 9:07 [IST]
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